With 57 percent rate, Ebonyi state has the highest number of out of school children in the southeast. The state government in 2017 and 2018 allocated...
Justice I. E. Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the interim forfeiture of N263 million recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “will never come back to this country”. Tinubu said this...
The death of former president Shehu Shagari, 93, has been announced to the the dismay of his family, friends, close associates and indeed the entire country....
Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has stated that the “2019 election is all about integrity”. Akpabio also advised governors in the Peoples Democratic...
Nigeria pro-league club, Lobi Stars have been handed a tough draw in the group stages of the 2018/2019 CAF Champions League. Lobi Stars who are the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Boko Haram will be “a thing of the past” if he is re-elected by Nigerians in 2019. Buhari also said he has...
The police has confirmed and justified the siege laid to the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye by its personnel, saying he is wanted for attempted...
The Nigerian Army has denied reports that Boko Haram terrorists have taken over Baga town in Borno, which hosts the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task...
To the presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Dr Oby Ezekwesili, President Muhammadu Buhari is incompetent and also rewards incompetency. She, however, did...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has called on the management of Etisalat and Keystone Bank to immediately publish the full...
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have expelled European Union Ambassador Bart Ouvry ahead of the December 30 general elections. Reports say the move was...
The leaders of France and Germany have demanded the release of Ukranian sailors captured by Russian troops along with their ships last month in the Kerch...
The hot exchanges between the camps of President Muhammadu Buhari and that of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is showing no sign of a slow down,...
Popular business moguls, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola have been drafted as members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 elections. A...
Men of the Nigerian police force have allegedly invaded the Abuja residence of the senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, Ripples Nigeria can report. Before the...
Family of the deceased former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Alex Badeh has refuted reports making rounds that the ex-CDS was robbed of a...
A young lady simply identified as Karima has alleged that she was robbed and sexually assaulted at Davido’s concert staged at the Eko Atlantic in Lagos....
UNICEF, an organ of the United Nations (UN) said on Friday, that the futures of millions of children living in countries affected by armed conflict are...
Chinese schools have begun enforcing “smart uniforms” embedded with computer chips to monitor student movements and prevent them from skipping classes. Eleven schools in the south-west...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo state, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, has raised alarm over approaches by some politicians...
The police have dismissed 121 of at least 167 police officers who absconded from a counterterrorism training facility to avoid deployment against Boko Haram insurgents last...
Reports coming from credible sources indicate that Boko Haram terrorists may have taken control of Baga town, following a series of heated battle with Nigerian soldiers....
Market capitalization at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped by N100.2 billion on Thursday as stocks of banks and industrial companies listed on the Exchange recorded...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again intervened in the foreign exchange market by injecting $210 million into the inter-bank sector of the foreign exchange...
A yet-to-be identified air force officer has been shot dead by a police officer on Marian Road in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. Reports...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday, insisted that it acted within the law by withdrawing $1.05 billion from the dividends account of the Nigeria...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is to go tough on Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun State) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo State) for their recalcitrance over the outcomes...
Electricity generation companies (Gencos) have accused the Nigerian Government of taking power from them and selling to countries in the West African region under the West...
Trouble is brewing within the camps of some opposition political parties ahead of the 2019 presidential election, owing to moves to convince their presidential candidates to...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has described as unacceptable, the delay in the implementation of the new national minimum wage by government. The association also...
THE leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ondo State and the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu are on collision course over his decision to back...
About 14 sectors of the economy recorded a decline of about $3.45bn (about N1.05tn) in investment inflow between the first and third quarter of the year,...
The umpire in the forthcoming general elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a mobile app that will enable Nigerians observe...
No less than 14 people have been arrested as protests erupted in six towns in Tunisia including Kasserine after a 32-year-old journalist set himself ablaze in...
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo insists elections in his country will go ahead on December 30 despite doubts over his plan to...
One of the suspects believed to have taken part in the murder of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has...
Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed confidence that his party will win the 2019 presidential election convincingly. Oshiomhole, who spoke...
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday flagged off his campaign for a senatorial seat, asking his supporters not to vote for the All Progressives Congress...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recorded a total of 312 convictions between January and December 24, 2018. Tony Orilade, spokesman of the...
Boko Haram insurgents have killed a Nigerian navy officer in Borno State. Sani Usman, army spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the...
Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara State, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare state of emergency in the state to check the deadly banditry that has...
The prices of crude oil again fell on Thursday after a marginal rally on Wednesday by more than one per cent. Prices had rebounded more than...
The Presidency has explained that the repatriated $322 million looted by the late Head of State, General Sanni Abacha, was used to make conditional cash transfer...
The Coalition Of United Political Parties has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Police Service Commission before an Abuja Federal High Court over an alleged plot...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Prpgressives Congress (APC) President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Senate Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio a position in his campaign team. The president made the former Akwa Ibom State...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has observed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has displayed early signs of...
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has described the killings in Zamfara State as barbaric, unacceptable and called on the security agencies to swiftly devise a strategy...
The United Nations Support for the Sahel has said Nigeria needs about $337 billion to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) from 2019 to 2022. According...
